Fire in Canton
LONDON, Friday.—A fire has occurred in Canton which burned 500 houses, doing damage to the extent of 1,000,000 dollars…
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Fires & bushfires, 1906
214 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 11
Fire on the Buninyong
While the steamer Buninyong was on the voyage between Newcastle and Sydney on Thursday evening, a fire was discovered among some bags of sugar in the after-hold,…
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The fires on the Gothic are the subject of an expert report from Mr. R. J. Friswell, which has been received by Messrs. Murray, Roberts, and Co., of Wellington. After going…
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Shortly before 10 o'clock to-night a fire broke out in premises at 346 Kent-street, occupied by the American Shirt Company (A. and M. Myerson). When…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A fire occurred in the famous clock tower at Rouen, France. The spire of the belfry was injured, but the clock was…
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The Shaw, Savill, and Company's steamer Matatua, which arrived this morning from London, brings particulars of the burning of the steamer Haversham…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Sydney Letter. the Story of a Purse.—what Finders Should Do for Their Own Protection.—mr. Peter Tyson's Indefinite Bequest of £1,000.—The Danger of Confused Wills.—again the Disastrous Bush Fire. Sydney
What sounded like a very complicated case of alleged larceny by finding was dealt with at the Ashfield Police Court. A lady lost a purse which with its contents…
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It now appears that the State Government does not propose to proceed any further with the measure dealing with the fire brigades this…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—When the fire occurred on the French training ship Algeciras, in Tunis harbour, the crew, which numbered 321, was…
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A fire broke out in Hunter-street, Newcastle, yesterday at about 2.50 p.m., in the premises in the City Council's buildings occupied by Mr. Oliver Godfrey,…
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As a result of the great heat that has prevailed during the past few weeks, and which during the past couple of days has become almost unbearable, bush fires are…
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LONDON, Saturday.—A disastrous fire, occurred at Fraternity House, Cornell University, Ithaca (U.S.A.), where 27 students were sleeping…
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The man on the land in New South Wales is liable to suffer reverse from two great causes. The First is drought, and the second is fire. The Present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Walkers of Fiji. Visit to New Zealand. (An Interview by Our Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, Dec. 16
An interesting event in the history of New Zealand and Fiji is the arrival in the former country of the famous fire-walkers of Fiji, who during the next week…
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The week following the despatch of my last letter, in which I gave a sketch of the Fijian fire-walkers and their profession, or whatever you like to call it,…
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